Saturday October 4 at 10am until Sunday October 5 at 9:59am.

Not up to 24 hours? Try the
4 Hour Comic Challenge! This event
will also start at 10 am October 2 but it will end at 2pm. The goal will
be to create 4 pages in 4 hours.

This event is hosted By BOSCO'S
and supported by Spenard businesses.

This is a Bring Your Own Food
and Supplies event. We have a 'fridge and microwave. There are lots of
great nearby places to eat can keep you full. For lots of advice on how
to make the most of this event, click here.

But we do want the artists
to be comfortable. Nearby Spenard businesses are pitching in to encourage
creativity and to make this a real party.

LaMex
supplies chips & salsa. Blaines provides pads of paper, some very
nice color markers and a generous discount card. Bear
Tooth
sends a stack of large pizzas.
We'll be guzzling a generous supply of coffee from SteamDot
Coffee. Everyone who goes the full 24 hours will get breakfast
around the corner at Jackie's Place .

Check out the previous years:

If you can't make 24 hours, take part in the 4 hour "lite"
version.

The original 24-Hour Comic
was created by Scott McCloud. Visit www.scottmccloud.com
for a wonderful history of the 24-Hour Comic, 24-Hour Comics Day and
much more!

To create a complete 24 page
comic book in 24 continuous hours. That means everything: Story, finished
art, lettering, color (if applicable), paste-up, everything. Once pen
hits paper, the clock starts ticking. 24 hours later, the pen lifts
off the paper, never to descend again. Even proofreading has to occur
in the 24 hour period. (Computer-generated comics are fine of course,
same principles apply).

No sketches, designs, plot
summaries or any other kind of direct preparation can precede the 24
hour period. Indirect preparation such as assembling tools, reference
materials, food, music etc. is fine.

Your pages can be any size,
any material. Carve them in stone, print them with rubber stamps, draw
them on your kitchen walls with a magic marker. Whatever you makes you
happy. The 24 hours are continuous. You can take a nap, but the clock
keeps
ticking.

If you get to 24 hours and
you're not done, either end it there ("the Gaiman Variation") or keep
going until you're done ("the Eastman Variation").I
consider both of these "Noble Failure" Variants and true 24 hour comics
in spirit; but you must sincerely intend to do the 24 pages in 24 hours
at the outset.

24 Hour Comics Day 2013 was October 5-6.

Light attendance this year
with about 8 showing up. Good quality and very congenial group. Four
of them made it the full 24 hours.

Here are Bailey's interviews
with the survivors,

Joshua Northrup

Tanika Perryman

Will Noblin

Zach Butch (Take 1)

Zach Butch (Take 2)

Peter Gallegos

Saturday
October 20 to Sunday October 21, 2012 was a long day in Spenard!

About 15 artists took part in
the event. Some drifted in and out so the exact number is not certain. Four
did the four hour event. Only Becky made it all 24 hours. Check out the
table full of pages she created!

Winter was a late joiner. She's
a veteran from two previous 24HCD events.

Meet Sarah.

Meet Angie

Meet Becky

Meet Bret

Meet Brian

24 Hour Comics Day is
an annual challenge for comic creators to produce a 24-page comic book
written, drawn, and completed in 24 consecutive hours. On 24 Hour Comics
Day, creators of all ages and levels of skill and experience gather to
encourage each other in completing this creative comic marathon.

Start: 10am Saturday October
20- 10am (Be there
by 9:30am to sign in and get set up.)End: Sunday October
21 10am

Not up to 24 hours?
Try the4 Hour Comic Challenge!
This event will also start at 10 am October 20 but it will end at 2pm.
The goal will be to create 4 pages in 4 hours.

Any young'uns hoping to stay
all night at BOSCO'S should be alert to Anchorage's curfew law,

This event is hosted By BOSCO'S
and supported by Spenard businesses.

This is a Bring Your Own
Food and Supplies event. We have a 'fridge and microwave. There are
lots of great nearby places to eat can keep you full. Blaine's
is a short walk away for more art supplies. Lots of great info to help
you be successful is in this Survival
Kit.

But we do want the artists
to be comfortable. Nearby Spenard businesses are pitching in to encourage
creativity and have pitched in to make this a real party. 24 Hour Survivors
get breakfast around the corner at Jackie's!

24
Hour Comics Day in Spenard 2011

The clock stopped
ticking, the surviving artists packed up and headed to Jackie's for breakfast..

Start: 10am Saturday October
1- 10am Sunday October 2(Be there by 9:30am to sign
in and get set up.)

Evening chow from Bear's
Tooth. La Mex donated chips and salsa that sustained through the event.

Hard at work at about hour
7:

Adam and Aaron hard at it.
Adam was at our first 24CBD in 2009.

Becki lost in tunes ...
she is a veteran of these events.
We sold copies of her comic at the store last year.

Heather deep in plotting.
Heather has been working on a comic for several months and is in the
process of looking for a publisher. This is her first 24HCBD. She works
at the Spenard BOSCO'S.

Sara is also a veteran
of 24HCBD. Good bet she'll be a survivor.

Scott and Raven doing
the computer thing. Sure is impressive what they can do on those things!

Winter joined us last
year, too.

Brett Uher has been
to all of our 24HCBD events. He has work published by Tokyo Pop and continues
to pursue the career.

Scott posts his completed
pages.

About 15 minutes before
the clock starts ticking.

Scroll down
for pictures and interviews with artists at previous 24 Hour Comics Day
events.

24 Hour Comics Day is an annual
challenge for comic creators to produce a 24-page comic book written,
drawn, and completed in 24 consecutive hours. On 24 Hour Comics Day, creators
of all ages and levels of skill and experience gather to encourage each
other in completing this creative comic marathon.

Not up to 24 hours? Try the4 Hour Comic Challenge!
This event will also start at 10 am October 2 but it will end at 2pm.
The goal will be to create 4 pages in 4 hours.

Any young'uns hoping to stay
all night at BOSCO'S should be alert to Anchorage's curfew law,

This event is hosted By BOSCO'S
and supported by Spenard businesses.

This is a Bring Your Own Food
and Supplies event. We have a 'fridge and microwave. There are lots of
great nearby places to eat can keep you full. Blaine's
is a short walk away for more art supplies.
Lots of great info to help you be successful is in this Survival
Kit.

But we do want the artists
to be comfortable. Nearby Spenard businesses are pitching in to encourage
creativity and have pitched in to make this a real party. 24 Hour Survivors
get breakfast around the corner at Jackie's!

Join
BOSCO'S email listEmail:

24
Hour Comics Day in Spenard 2010

Start: 10am Saturday October
2 - 10am Sunday October 3

24 Hour Comics Day is an annual
challenge for comic creators to produce a 24-page comic book written,
drawn, and completed in 24 consecutive hours. On 24 Hour Comics Day, creators
of all ages and levels of skill and experience gather to encourage each
other in completing this creative comic marathon.

A crowd of about a dozen comic
creators came to the Spenard BOSCO'S at 9:30 am ready to create and survive
for 24 hours of comic creating. With their fans and some spouses and parents,
too, the crowd was as high as a couple dozen. Regular customers checked
it out, too, and got to see the stories unfold as we stuck them on the
walls.

Becki,
Sarah, Melody, Brian and Scott stuck with it through all 24 hours! They
feasted at Jackie's for breakfast.

The next two pics are the group
from two angles so that you are sure to get their good side.

Everyone's working hard in
these pics, but some stretched their legs later with a short walk to Blaine's
new store for some supplies.

Joshua Worley focussed!

Tucked in the corner was a
full brewing system from Steam Dot with donuts piled high (and bagles
from a Mom) so everyone had vital nutrients when they needed them.

Annika and Brooke did the 4
hour event. New to BOSCO'S we hope to see lots more of these artists and
story teller. Here's
an interview ...

Brian Parker. This was a social
event. His family came and hung out. He was still working productively.

Not up to 24 hours? Try the4 Hour Comic Challenge!
This event will also start at 10 am October 2 but it will end at 2pm.
The goal will be to create 4 pages in 4 hours.

This event is hosted By BOSCO'S
and supported by Spenard businesses.

This is a Bring Your Own Food
and Supplies event. We have a 'fridge and microwave. There are lots of
great nearby places to eat can keep you full. Blaines
is a short walk away for more art supplies.

But we do want the artists
to be comfortable. Nearby Spenard businesses are pitching in to encourage
creativity and have pitched in to make this a real party

LaMex
supplied chips & salsa and coupons for discounts on meals. Blaines
sent pads of paper, some very nice color markers and a generous discount
card. Bear Tooth
sent us a stack of large pizzas.
We'll be guzzling a generous supply of coffee from SteamDot
Coffee. Everyone who goes the full 24 hours will get breakfast
around the corner at Jackie's Place .

Any young'uns hoping to stay
all night at BOSCO'S should be alert to Anchorage's curfew law,

Details may change as we get
closer to the event. Keep checking this page.

24 Hour Comics Day is an annual
challenge for cartoonists to produce a 24-page comic book written, drawn,
and completed in 24 consecutive hours. On 24 Hour Comics Day, creators
of all ages and levels of skill and experience gather at one of the participating
sites to encourage each other in completing this creative comics
marathon. Over the years, the 24 Hour comic book challenge has thwarted
and rewarded such comics luminaries as Scott McCloud, Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman,
Kevin Eastman and many others.

Schedule

Saturday October 2, 2010

9 am Sign up begins

9:30 Introductions and Instructions

10 am The clock starts ticking.

Sunday October 3

10 am The clock stops.

10:01 am All remaining creators
will be awarded a certificate for surviving and thriving at BOSCO'S first
24 Hour Comic Book Day.

Scroll down to see how things
went last year.

Here's the 2009
information:

Saturday October
3 10am to Sunday 10am 2009.
Hosted by BOSCO'S in Spenard.

Comic creators attempted
to draw 24 pages in 24 hours. Eight
started, two joined in later on and 4 survived the whole 24 hours. This
is a national event done
simultaneously across the country.

We'll make copies of the work
and will have them displayed early this week.

Watch
KTUU's piece on the event:(Zac Gooch/KTUU-DT)by Channel
2 News staff Saturday, October 3, 2009 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Cartoonists
across the country answered the challenge of 24-Hour Comics Day Saturday
morning. The annual event asks comic book artists to produce a 24-page comic
book they have to write and draw, all in 24 hours. Here in Anchorage, the
event is being held at Bosco's Comics in Spenard. Some artists are pulling
an all-nighter to get their book done in time -- but even if they don't
finish, it's still all about the experience. "I don't think I'll actually
do a full, do a true 24-hour comic in my life," said comic book artist Aaron
Bish. "But it's fun to use it as a tool to motivate you to do more work."
There's still time to check it out: the 24-hour challenge officially ends
Sunday morning at 10.

Here's our survival center.
Bawls soda is in the fridge.
The clock shows the remaining time.

Is that a yawn Aaron?

Dan Wall and Michael Brown
showed up late. We're glad to have them.

Steady work at the 1/2 way
point!

Against the wall is Dennis
from BOSCO'S cracking the whip 'till 2am.

This is just minutes after
we started. 8 cr8tors getting busy.

This is Aaron Bish and Kimberly
Shaw . Working as a team, even sharing earbuds. Click the pic for an interview.

Becki Tracy hard at it with
resource material including a picture of her husband who is in Afghanistan.
Becki works part time at BOSCO'S in the Dimond Center. Click the pic for
an interview.

Kimberly drawing fast.

Lee Post is working on a short
story to take to APE in a week or so.

Brett Uher has produced full
size manga for TokyoPop in his spare time. 24 pages in 24 hours should
be a piece of cake. Click the Pic for an interview
with Brett.

William Noblin came looking
for an international comic smackdown. He got an easy going group working
together. We will post his work on this site so the world see it. Click
the pic for an interview.

Lee finished his short "In
Alaska Everyone Has a Beard."
Everyone? Say it's not so, Lee! Not Sarah!

Claire Underwood doesn't know
how it will end but is heading that way briskly. Click the Pic for an
interview.

Brett, again.

Adam Charles toils in the corner.
He came in tabla rasa and is making steady progress. Click the pic for
an interview.

Since this is our first year,
we're going to throw caution to the wind and open the doors to all of
you. Show up between 9am and 9:30 Saturday October 3 to sign in.

This is a Bring Your Own Food
and Supplies event. We have a 'fridge and microwave. There are lots of
great nearby places to eat can keep you full. Blaines
is a short walk away for more art supplies.

But we do want the artists
to be comfortable. Nearby Spenard businesses are pitching in to encourage
creativity and have pitched in to make this a real party

LaMex
will supply chips & salsa and coupons for discounts on meals. Wash
that down with some Bawls Soda, official drink of 24 Hour Comics Day. Blaines sent
pads of paper, some very nice color markers and a generous discount card.
Bear Tooth
will sent us a stack of large pizzas. Sugarspoon will stop by with

some late night treats. We'll
be guzzling a generous supply of coffee from SteamDot
Coffee. Everyone who goes the full 24 hours will get breakfast
around the corner at Jackie's Place .

Any young'uns hoping to stay
all night at BOSCO'S should be alert to Anchorage's curfew law,

Details may change as we get
closer to the event. Keep checking this page.

24 Hour Comics Day is an annual
challenge for cartoonists to produce a 24-page comic book written, drawn,
and completed in 24 consecutive hours. On 24 Hour Comics Day, creators
of all ages and levels of skill and experience gather at one of the participating
sites to encourage each other in completing this creative comics
marathon. Over the years, the 24 Hour comic book challenge has thwarted
and rewarded such comics luminaries as Scott McCloud, Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman,
Kevin Eastman and many others.

Schedule

Saturday October 3, 2009

9 am Sign up begins

9:30 Introductions and Instructions

10 am The clock starts ticking.

Sunday October 4

10 am The clock stops.

10:01 am All remaining creators
will be awarded a certificate for surviving and thriving at BOSCO'S first
24 Hour Comic Book Day.

The BOSCO'S trademark is
registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.